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Manufacturing & Design

Sustainable manufacturing and design process news related to resource reduction, and closing the energy and material loops of the circular economy.

SunPower Tops List of Best Solar Panel Manufacturers

SunPower makes the best solar panels in the world and Kaco makes the best inverters in the world and Direct Power and Water makes the best mounting systems in the world, according to new research conducted by ENF among directors of photovoltaic installation companies in 45 different countries. The directors were asked to name which brands of photovoltaic components they

Carbon Trust Rolls Out Carbon Label Program

A labelling program run by Carbon Trust and designed to help shoppers identify firms committed to environmentally-friendly policies is set to be launched in the UK, BBC reports. Carbon Trust hopes that the label will eventually serve as a universal indicator of the amount of carbon emitted in the manufacture, packaging and transport of a product...

Applied Materials Plans Largest Corporate Solar Power System in U.S.

Applied Materials announced it will install the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the U.S. The plan calls for over 1.9 megawatts of solar power generation capability at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. “When the project is complete we will have a silent, non-polluting 1.9 megawatt power plant on what is currently open roof space

Wal-Mart Plans to Rate Sustainability of Electronics

Next year, Wal-Mart wants electronics suppliers to fill out a scorecard that will assess the sustainability of their products. The scorecard will evaluate electronics on energy efficiency, durability, upgradability, end-of- life solutions, and the size of the package containing the product. Products will also be evaluated on their ability to use innovative materials that reduce the amount of hazardous substances,

Adidas Struggles to Generate Reliable CSR Data Following Reebok Acquisition

The adidas Group has issued its latest publication (PDF) on corporate responsibility for 2006. But the publication is not a social and environmental report. It doesn't track progress or include consolidated data. Instead it is in a Q&A form and looks at the steps the company took last year to try and create a unified approach to managing and measuring...

EU to Ban Inefficient Light Bulbs

The European Union's 490 million citizens will have to use energy-efficient lighting by the end of the decade, Reuters reports EU leaders as having decided. "The European Council ... invites the Commission to rapidly submit proposals to enable increased energy efficiency requirements for office and street lighting to be adopted by 2008 and on incandescent lamps and other forms of

Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Dell, Others Back UN Global E-Recycling Plan

Leading companies including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Dell, Ericsson and Philips and Cisco Systems have joined (PDF) a United Nations initiative that aims to standardize world policy and legislative approaches to electronic recycling processes, GreenSupplyLine reports. Such processes could impact the design of ICs, packaging and equipment to better support reuse and recycling as well as stricter rules on the disposal of


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